Spanaway, WA – [Monday March 18, 2024] – Blue Zones Project Parkland-Spanaway is thrilled to announce a groundbreaking partnership with Pierce County Parks, aimed at bringing transformative health and wellness programming to the local community. This exciting collaboration will kick off in April 2024 at Sprinker Recreation Center, offering a brand-new series called Blue Zones…
Category: Parks
After your polar plunge, try a first day hike
Washington State Parks have a new tradition, First Day Hikes. Besides being a great way to get some exercise, the parks provide staff led a self-guided tours with some history of the park. As well as the history, you can get a pin, showing you participated. Go to the link and look for a park…
Call for local artists
CALLING PIERCE COUNTY ARTISTS! The Pierce County Arts Commission is looking for digital artwork for Sprinker Recreation Center’s future fitness court! This opportunity is open to any artists 14 years or older living, working, or studying in Pierce County. A priority will be made to artists from the Parkland or Spanaway communities. This call includes…
Frederickson Benefit Dinner May 5
The Friends of Stan and Joan Cross Park will hold their Spaghetti Feed Dinner and Auction this Friday, May 5 starting at 5 p.m. The event will be held at the Pierce County Skills Center, 16117 Canyon Rd E, Puyallup, WA 98375. Everyone is welcome and invited to join! Tickets available at the door, $15/adults,…
Graham Historical Society, Feb. 28
By Marianne Lincoln Graham has history, lots of history, actually. You can find some of it on page F-10 of the Graham Community Plan. Other bits and pieces are in small books and hard to find, out-of-print books like In the Shadow of the Mountain, by Andy Anderson. Others have not yet been written, but…
Bolt out of the blue – Boom!
By Marianne Lincoln It was late evening, January 18, 2023. Connie Wilbur was sitting in her rec room recliner when, “Boom!” the sound of an explosion ripped through the room. The power went off, so she grabbed a flashlight and a coat and took a look outside. Things looked basically normal, but in the daylight,…
What would the COMMUNITY like at Sprinker?
The Pierce County Parks Department put out a survey for the community to tell them what would be best at the Sprinker Center. In other words, what would the community enjoy there. Not enough of you responded. In fact, it was middle age white women who responded. So I asked Jani Hitchen, “Was that me?…
Feb. 10 & 11, Rock the Rink Ice Show
PIERCE COUNTY PARKS — Bring your friends and family to Pierce County Parks’ exciting new ice show: Rock the Rink! Join the fun at Tacoma’s Sprinker Recreation Center to watch this upbeat and thrilling ice show featuring decades of nostalgic tunes that will get you on your feet and ready to dance. The show will…
January 13 Fireside Chat at National Park Inn
Mount Rainier National Park (Facebook page) Fireside Chat with Mount Rainier National Park Superintendent Greg Dudgeon, 2 pm, Friday, January 13th at the Longmire National Park Inn Join park superintendent Greg Dudgeon for an informal one-hour discussion of the opportunities and challenges of overseeing one of the most dynamic and popular national parks in the United…
Fantasy Lights Tickets are online only this year
This year tickets will available online only, not at the event! The largest drive-through holiday light display in the Northwest is back: Fantasy Lights at Spanaway Park kicks off Nov. 26, but you can get your tickets online starting Monday, Nov. 1. This year’s event runs Nov. 26, 2021 to Jan. 2, 2022 and tickets…
Get Tickets for Haunted Headlights in Graham
PIERCE COUNTY PARKS — After a successful first year in 2020, the Haunted Headlights drive-through experience returns to Frontier Park for four days of family-friendly Halloween fun. Tickets go on sale Oct. 1 and must be purchased in advance online. No tickets will be sold at the event. Haunted Headlights participants will remain in their…
Pierce County’s Foothills Dash Fun Run goes virtual too
PIERCE COUNTY — Foothills Trail and offers easy sloping and paved 5K, 10K, or half-marathon distances. The in-person race will be held Saturday, April 17, 2021, at the Foothills Trail in Orting while the virtual race will occur April 16-18, 2021. Pre-registration is required for participation in either option and can be done online. The in-person run begins…
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